I'd like to start a discussion of the ways in which the various media outlets covered the SOTU. Talk about what you observed on the channel(s) you watched/listened to and how that impacted the overall event.
I watched CBS, and I was, frankly, disgusted by the slanted way in which they approached this event. Dan Rather was just gushing with praise for Bush, highlighting how this would overshadow the Iowa caucus and even the NH primary. And then the camera shots...those sweeping shots of the Republicans giving Bush standing ovation after standing ovation, with no reaction shots of the Democrats save when they weren't standing after Bush's mention of increased funding for abstinance programs or after Bush loosely connected some unrelated issue back to the War on Terrah or Our Troops.